para-lama

noun

The verdict

“para-lama” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - anteparo na frente e em cada um dos lados de um veículo para barrar respingos de lama, água e terra

Corpus desk

Index PT-para-lama · para-lama · Portuguese

para-lama · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for para-lama
PropertyValue
Headwordpara-lama
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “para-lama” em português

para-lamanão entra no top 100.000 do português: zona de termos técnicos, arcaicos ou escassos.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

para-lama is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "anteparo na frente e em cada um dos lados de um veículo para barrar respingos de lama, água e terra".

No generated misspelling entries exist for para-lama in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is para-lama, spelled P-A-R-A---L-A-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    anteparo na frente e em cada um dos lados de um veículo para barrar respingos de lama, água e terra

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how para-lama appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Um dos tiros atingiu o teto do veículo; o outro pegou, de raspão, no para-lama dianteiro.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "para-lama"?
"para-lama" is spelled P-A-R-A---L-A-M-A.
What does "para-lama" mean?
As a noun, "para-lama" means: anteparo na frente e em cada um dos lados de um veículo para barrar respingos de lama, água e terra
What language does "para-lama" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list